Full name Juan Sebastian Botero Name Juan Botero Position Midfielder Years Team Weight 74 kg | 1999–2003 Independiente Medellin Height 1.83 m Playing position Role Soccer player Current team Atletico Huila | |
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Date of birth (1986-07-04) 4 July 1986 (age 29) Place of birth Ames, IA, United States | ||
Juan Sebastián Botero (born July 4, 1986 in Ames, Iowa), is an American born Colombian soccer midfielder that currently plays for Atlético Huila in the Colombian First Division.
Football career
Botero and his family moved to Colombia when he was one year old, and he joined the Independiente Medellín youth system at age 13. He made his professional first team debut for Medellin at age 17, on August 3, 2003 versus Atletico Huila. In his four years with the club, he went on to make 46 first team appearances, playing his final game in June 2007 against Cúcuta Deportivo.
In 2003, Botero played for Colombia’s Under-17 national team in the South American championships, scoring a goal against Paraguay while also playing against Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, and Uruguay. He was on the development roster with FC Dallas during 2007 but was waived at the end of the year. He was later picked up to play for CD Atlético Huila to play in the Copa Mustang in Colombia. He is going to play for Once Caldas the second semester of 2009.now stay in the best club of Colombia the Once Caldas; Champion mustang cup 2009.